Charles Banks

Learn to Whittle Fascinating People in Wood

Make Hundreds of Different Expressions with One Knife

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Produktbeschreibung

Master the art of carving expressive people with just one knife! This guide will show you how to take a single blank and turn it into literally hundreds of different characters with illustrated techniques for achieving everything from different hairstyles and facial expressions to painting impressive details.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 201mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781497104426
• ISBN-10: 1497104424
• Artikelnr.: 68581475

Autorenporträt

Charles Banks is a Minnesota-based carver with a passion for the Nordic arts. His area of study for the past twenty years has been Scandinavian Flat Plane figure carving. A current art educator and lifelong learner, Charles gives his students hands-on experience including history, influential individuals, a study of individual characters, and character design all culminating in the creation of his student's own hand-carved characters. Charles teaches at the John C. Campbell Folk School, The Vesterheim Folk School, and the Milan Village Arts School. His personal message to all students taking classes is, "Thank you for investing in yourself", "Sloyd time versus screen time" and "Welcome to the Flat Plane Family"!